Weekly Roundup - December 1, 2023

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Gonzales Flag t-shirt with an annual subscription to The Texan: https://thetexan.news/subscribe/The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review! Got questions for the reporting team? Email [email protected] — they just might be answered on a future podcast. This week, the team discusses:Floria Gov. Ron DeSantis filing for Texas’ 2024 Republican primary ballotRep. Kyle Kacal changing course on re-election and announcing he will not run againOral arguments before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals over Texas’ READER ActParliamentary procedure in the Texas Legislature and how it was tested in the 88th sessionThe Border Patrol apprehending 21 sex offenders in the Del Rio sector in under two monthsAn Edinburg man sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling methamphetamine in car batteriesThe libertarian Cato Institute ranking Texas lowest in the nation for personal freedomMark Cuban selling his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to casino owner and advocate Miriam AdelsonTexas voters approving $37 billion worth of bonds in the November 2023 electionA Midland woman and her Mexican brother sentenced to decades in prison for drug traffickingSeveral South Texas border officials switching parties and leaving the Democratic Party for the GOP